London and the Swinging 60s A wonderful collection of original autographs and books about the leading personalities in the music, fashion and cultural revolution that was London in the 1960s. The Swinging Sixties was a youth-driven phenomenon that took place in the United Kingdom during the mid-to-late 1960s, emphasising modernity and fun-loving hedonism, with Swinging London as its centre. It saw a flourishing in art, music and fashion, and was symbolised by the city's 'pop and fashion exports'. Among its key elements were the Beatles, as leaders of the British Invasion; Mary Quant's miniskirt; popular fashion models such as Twiggy and Jean Shrimpton; the mod subculture; the iconic status of popular shopping areas such as London's King's Road, Kensington and Carnaby Street; the political activism of the anti-nuclear movement; and sexual liberation. The autographs include Julia Baird (John Lennon's half-sister) signed photo accompanying her book 'John Lennon, My Brother'; Cynthia Lennon in her book 'John'; Julian Lennon in his book 'Beatles Memorabilia'; Yoko Ono on a card in her book 'Memories of John Lennon'; Pete Best signed photo loosely inserted in the book 'How they became the Beatles'; Olivia Harrison in her book about George 'Living in the Material World' (together with a card signed by Martin Scorsese, who wrote the introduction); Ringo Starr signed photo loosely inserted in his book 'Straight Man or Joker'; Jane Asher signed card with 'the Beatles - The Bbc Archives' and a signed photo with 'Paul McCartney Poems and Lyrics 1965 - 1999; Brian Epstein signed postcard in his book 'A Cellarful of Noise'; Linda McCARTNEY in her book 'Linda's Kitchen'; George Martin signed card loosely inserted in the book 'The John Lennon Letters' by Hunter Davies (with his signature); 'The Complete Beatles Chronicle' with the signatures of George Martin and Richard Lester (who directed 'Help!'; Jenny Kee in her book 'A Big Life'; Charlie Watts, Mick Jagger & Bianca Jagger autographed photos and a card loosely inserted in the book 'According to the Rolling Stones'; Jerry Hall signed photo in her book 'My Life in Pictures'; Bill Wyman in his book 'Rolling with the Stones'; Ronnie Wood signed caricature with his book 'Ronnie'; Jo Wood signed in her book 'Hey Jo'; Bill Wyman signed book 'Stone Alone'; and others including Marianne Faithfull, Elton John, Eric Burdon, Eric Clapton (signed limited edition book), Pete Townsend, Pattie Boyd, Dusty Springfield, Jerry Marsden, Cilla Black, Ray Davies, 'Twiggy', Vidal Sassoon, Jean Shrimpton, David Bowie, Nick Mason (of Pink Floyd), Mary Quant, Lulu, Tom Jones, Michael Caine, Edna O'Brien, Vivienne Westwood, Julie Christie, David Hockney, Ronald Biggs, David Frost, Richard Burton and more. (Over 105 books).